Lake Urmia (LU), its water level over time, and the survey area of the four satellites are shown, along with a topographic map of Iran and a sketch of the Lake Urmia Causeway. Disclaimer ...

Lake Urmia in Iran was once the world's second largest salt lake, but in a matter of years it shrank to almost nothing. Now, the lake is slowly coming back to life. It was the slow lengthening of ...

Seen here in 2018, Iran's Lake Urmia has been drying up for years in one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades — ATTA KENARE Iran's Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts ...

Over the past two decades, Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran, has shrunk by nearly 95 percent, destroying the once-booming tourism and fishing industries and the habitat of local fauna, including ...

Revered by ethnic Azeris as “the turquoise solitaire of Azerbaijan,” Lake Urmia was second only to the Caspian Sea as the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East, a haven for birds and bathers.

Note that the ring of salt is especially noticeable in July when water levels are lower. Lake Urmia has shrunk rapidly during the past few decades. As it grows smaller, the lake grows saltier. And as ...

Like the famous Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the Salton Sea in California, the salty expanse of Lake Urmia in Iran has been drying up and shrinking for decades. Now the lake ...

the secretary of the national working group for Lake Urmia restoration, as saying. Lake Urmia in the northwestern West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the largest in ...

Tehran (AFP) – Iran's Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts are not prioritised over the needs of farmers in the drought gripping the region, an environment official said Tuesday.